Maryland Minute 11.15.09 - Maryland-FSU Heads to Real TV
by Ben Broman on Nov 15, 2009 9:07 PM EST
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PrintWell I'll Be - Maryland's on TV
And, believe it or not, it's not ESPNU. Maryland-FSU will be on Raycom at noon.
What did the Harris's think of Maryland?
Via Zags:
"The trip to Maryland went well," said his father, Torrel. "We visited the business school and it was awesome, particularly the entrepreneur department. We meet with the head of admissions. We watched Maryland’s first game of the year [an 89-51 rout of Charleston Southern on Friday]. The fans are crazy and fun. My family had a great sit-down meeting with Gary Williams, who I value as a great coach because he always finds a way to beat Duke and North Carolina with less talent, without All-American players every year. He helps a lot of his players reach their potential.
"I don’t think Coach Williams gets enough credit for his success as others coaches around the country. I consider him a future Hall of Famer. I went with my sons, T.J. and Terry, and the coaches to watch the football game while Tobias, Tyler and the Maryland players went to the movies. "I was impressed that even though the football game was a blowout [a 36-9 loss to Virginia Tech] the Maryland fans were loyal to their team. We had a great meeting with the strength conditioning and strength coach. We just had a very good time at Maryland. It’s a great school, academics through basketball."
Seems like we've got a shot here. We should know for sure on Thursday. - Ben G.
Great Scott! Da'Rel Back This Week
And with that, I have fulfilled by blogger pun duty.
Oh, and Turner might be back for Boston College. Right after Danny O'Brien burns his redshirt.
Reminder: Pankey Deciding Tomorrow
Despite his valiant attempts to build suspense ("maryland or houston which one do I choose? smh"), odds are even that he'll be a Terp.
More on Mike Wise: Turns Out Fridge Didn't Use His Own Money
Well, that article makes even less sense now.
"I was talking to Mike last night about fundraising, and it is a misunderstanding that some of the benefits that the MGN provides for our team, such as the travel to N.C. State and to Wake, was reported was my own personal expenses," Friedgen said. "That is not true. It is from the generosity of supporters of the MGN that provide the money that allowed us to use that money to benefit the football program. I just wanted to make sure that is cleared up, okay."
Last Five Teams Maryland Lost to Are a Combined 1-12 Since
Youch.
Maryland Institutes Fan Text Protection, No One Uses It
Figures.
At Florida, where the system is advertised prominently in The Swamp, fans texted 143 times in a Sept. 19 matchup against Tennessee. But at Maryland, only about five texts per home game have been trickling in. "We haven't got as many hits as we were hoping," said Nick Morrow, Maryland's assistant athletic director for facilities, operations and events. "It's been a bit of an education process," Morrow said.
Sterling Gibbs Recruiting Update
Not much new here, although he again emphasizes his Pitt connection (his brother plays for the Panthers). I'd really like to land him in 2011.
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Rob Ehsan is only following 4 people...
Ashton Pankey, Tobias Harris, T.J. Harris, and Dino Gregory.
If that doesn’t make you laugh I don’t know what would. The guy’s not even following Gary haha
You are way too concerned with burning redshirts
A lot of big powers burn redshirts year in and year out…it happens….
I suggest that it’s more important to build towards next year, find the right guys to start the season with….than it is to save their redshirts…
also, if they are so good that you will regret burning their red shirts…it’s possible that they will go pro anyways….
Certainly there is something to the strategy of NEVER burning redshirts no matter what…some coaches, especially at Wake, have made successful programs by sticking to that mantra…but there are plenty of success stories when it comes to burning redshirts as well….
Yeah, but burning a redshirt this late into the season makes no damn sense...
Some redshirt-burning has been well-founded and beneficial, like Nick Ferrara and Caleb Porzel.
But to burn DOB’s redshirt this late into the season would be ludicrous. Real game experience is only advantageous if you get enough of it. Throwing him into one game right now would do nothing but demoralize the kid.
"big powers"
Key words there. You’re exactly right that a lot of big powers do – Maryland isn’t one of them. Burning redshirts works only with guys who are ready to go right away, or some diamonds in the rough like Davin Meggett. Maryland doesn’t get a majority of either – like Wake, we can’t afford burning redshirts.
That’s not to say I’m entirely in favor of Wake’s 100% no freshman policy. If it works, cool. If the coaching staff does it the right way, cool. But they haven’t.
Maryland’s burnt 10 redshirts. Justin Anderson sees about 2 plays a game; ditto for Eric Franklin, Darin Drakeford, and Avery Murray. Ryan Donohue’s seen even less than that. Zach Kerr and Isaiah Ross see a little bit more, though not all that much considering how terrible the DL has been. Bennett Fulper got a decent amount of PT before his injury, and Ferrara was a good burn. Porzel can be argued either way – he was a necessity after Gary Douglas’ injury, but he got next to no touches.
If they handled this better, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. But burning redshirts for two plays a game plus a few plays on the punt return team is a giant waste.
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